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Ohiogal

(34,613 posts) Sun Aug 23, 2020, 08:46 AM Aug 2020

'What in the heck was that?': Fisherman shocked to haul in long-nosed chimaera

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A fisherman got quite the fright recently when he hauled in a strange creature with his catch.

Garry Goodyear, from the town of Templeman, N.L., on the north side of Bonavista Bay, was fishing for turbot on the Grand Banks last week.

He said the nets were down about 460 fathoms deep — more than 800 metres — and when the crew hauled them up later that afternoon, they all got a shock.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-garry-goodyear-weird-fish-1.5695082

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'What in the heck was that?': Fisherman shocked to haul in long-nosed chimaera (Original Post) Ohiogal Aug 2020 OP

That's the ugliest fish samplegirl Aug 2020 #1

Well, like Schwartzenegger and Glover said to their respective Predators, grumpyduck Aug 2020 #2

Rather sad ... UpInArms Aug 2020 #3

Looks like some kind of sea woodpecker. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #4

Venom in its spine, the article said Kitchari Aug 2020 #5

So sad that is had to die. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #6

samplegirl

(12,065 posts)

1. That's the ugliest fish

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2020, 09:00 AM

Aug 2020

I’ve ever seen.

grumpyduck

(6,650 posts)

2. Well, like Schwartzenegger and Glover said to their respective Predators,

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2020, 09:07 AM

Aug 2020

"Man, you're one ugly mother."

UpInArms

(51,794 posts)

3. Rather sad ...

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Sun Aug 23, 2020, 09:08 AM

Aug 2020

She said this fish likely died, as many do, while it was being hauled from the water.

"With the water pressure change, when a harvester is retrieving his or her gear, that often causes lots of deepwater animals to die on the way up to the surface of the ocean," Miri said.